Shoe and method of manufacturing same



Feb. 2, 1932. N. ELKIN 1,843,271

SHOE AND METHOD OF' MANUFACTURING SAME Filed Aug. 19,* 1950 INVENTOR BY @www M@ TORNEYS Patented Feb. 2, 1932 NEWTON ELKIN, oE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA sHoE AND METHOD or MANUFACTURING SAME Application led August 19, 1930. Serial 110.7476270.:

This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of shoes, and more particularly to improvements infthe construction of the lining at the heel portion.

A general object of the invention is to provide a novel heel lining which may be readily and economically constructed, and which will give maximum foot comfort'and miniinize slippino of the heel with respect to the stocking of the wearer.

A more specific object is to provide aheel lining which is free from seams at the back; y

free from bulging seamsat the sides, and

which includes an insert of friction material but retains the normal Vappearance ofthe leather lining at the top edge of the shoe.

Other objects of the invention will in part beobvious and will in part appear hereinafter. W'

The invention accordingly comprises the several steps' and the relation and'order of one or more of such Vsteps with respect'to each of the others, and the article possessing the features and the relation of elements,

' which are exemplified in the .following de# taileddisclosure, and the scope of the application" of Awhich will be indicated inthe.`

claims.

For a fuller Aunde'rstanding nature and objects. of the invention, referencev should be had tothe following detailed de- 'scription taken in 4connection ywithV theV acveompanyingdrawings, in which; l y p Fig. 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the heel portion ofashoe, embodying the improved heel lining construction g1 Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the'line 2-,-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan viewl of Fie'. 1 in perspective, looking downwardly and rearfwardly;l and, Y Y Fig. i is a viewsimilar toFig. 3, illustrating another embodiment ofthe invention.

Referring more particularly to Figs. 1-3 of the drawings, wherein one embodiment of the novel heel lined structure is illustrated,

it will be seen that the shoe 10 is provided Y with a wooden heel 11, an upper 12, an inner sole 13, a sock lining 111, and a leather lining 15 on the inside of the upper 12, to which it is secured at the top by one or more rows of' stitching 16.'

' 1n the embodiment shown, the leather lining 15 is cut away i from` the bottom upwardly and rearwardly from a point 17 adjacent the front of' the heel seat on each side lto a Y point 18 within a small distance, as, for eX- ample, about 5%, inch from the top, at which point the ycut-away section-is severed from the main' section of lining-15 along a straight line from said point 18 to the upper edge of the lining, said straight line cut terminating short of the center point of the rear of the heel. The two ends ofthe lining 15 are then joined at 18 by a strap 19 of thesame material Vand of the same width,'which passes around the rear of the heel and is also secured to Vthe upper 12 by a continuation of the stitching 16; The lower edges of thelining 15, where it is cut away, and of the strap 19 are bevelled on the inside, as indicated at 2OA of Fig. 2. LA friction piece 21, of somewhat vlarger area thanv that portion of the lining which has been cut away, is correspondingly vbevell'edl at its upper edge, as indicatedY at 22,

and is inserted with its bevellededge behind the bevelled edge 20 of the member 15 and the lining is not terminated' as aforesaid, but is broughtaround to oneof the vpoints designated as 1864,'and is there attached to the other end of the lining 15 otherwise the construction is similar Vto vthat previously de# scribed. i

1t will. thus be seen that by present invention there has been provided a heellining of a'novel and useful construction, of usual appearance from the outside ofitlre .strap 19, whereupon the corresponding ybevmeans `o1 .the

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from vertical seams shoe, which will give maximum foot comfort and non-slipping qualities, and since certain changes may be made in carrying out the above method without departing` from the scope of the inyenion, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

lt is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, a a matt-er of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Haring described my invention, what l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent. is:

l. ln a shoe, a heel lining including, in combination, a two-part leather lining cut away at its bottom portion at the rear end upwardly toward but Vnot to its upper edge, means for joining the resultant lining strips which lea-ves the center of the heel smooth and free from seams, said lining being bevclled outwardly at its cut away edge, a friction piece inserted at the cut away portion and having its edges correspondingly bevelled and secured to and behind said bevelled edge of said lining.

2. ln a shoe, a heel lining including, in combination, a leather lining cut away at its bottom portion at the rear end upwardly toward but not to its upper edge and terminating short of the center point of the rear of the heel, said lining being bevelled outwardly at its cut away edge, a strap member secured to and joining the ends of said lining and having its lower edge similarly bevelled, and a friction piece inserted at the cut away portion and having its enges correspondingly bevelled and secured to and behind said bevelled edge of said lining and said strap, whereby the heel lining is free from vertical seams at the center point of the bach.

3. ln a shoe, a heel lining including, in combination, a leather lining cut away at its bottom portion at the rear end upwardly toward but not to its upper edge, one of thV sides of the lining terminating` short of the center point of the rear of the heel, and the other being elongated to extend around the rear of the heel and being' joined to said iii-st mentioned portion, said lining being beyelled outwardly at its cut away edge, a. friction piece inserted at the cut away portion and having its edges correspondingly bevelled and secured to and behind said bevelled edge of said lining, whereby the heel lining is free at the center point of the back.

1l. A method of constructing shoes including, in combination, the preparation of a composite lining for the heel portion by cutting away a two-part main lining at its bottom edge on both sides, upwardly and rearwardly from the heel seat, joining the resultant main lining strips by seaming which is disposed laterally of the center' of the heel, bevelling the cut away edges outwardly on the outside, correspondingly bevelling the upper edge of a friction insert on the inside, and securing the corresponding bevelled edges of the lining and insert together to form a smooth liningl free from bulges at the oint.

A; method of constructing shoes including, in combination, the preparation of a composite lining for the heel portion by cutting away themain lining at its bottom edge on both sides, upwardly .and rearwardly from the heel seat but not to its upper edge,.termi nating each short of the center point of the rear of the heel, bevelling said cut away edges outwardly on the outside, similarly bevelling a strap member on its lower edge, joining the ends of said strap member to the ends of said lining, correspondingly bevelling the upper edge of a friction insert on the inside, and securing the corresponding bevelled edges of trie main lining, strap and insert together to form a smooth lining free from bulges at the joint.

6. A method of constructing shoes including, in combination, the preparation of a composite lining for the heel portion by cutting away the main lining at its bottom edge on both sides, upwardly and rearwardly from the heel seat but not to its upper edge, terminating one of the sides of the lining short of the center point of the rear of the heel and forming the other with an elongated portion to extend around the rear of the heel, bevelling the out away edges and the lower side of the elongated portion outwardly on the outside, joining the elongated portion v to said iirst mentioned portion, correspondingly bevelling the upper edge of a friction insert on the inside, and securing the corresponding bevelled edges of the main lining and the insert together to form a smooth lining free from bulges at the joint.

7. lnashoe,aheel lining including, in Combination, a two-part leather lining cut away at itsbottom portion at the rear end upwardly toward but not to its upper' edge, a friction piece of velvet inserted at the cut away portion covering substantially the entire contact area of the heel, means for joining the resultant lining strips which leaves the center of the heel smooth, said lining being bevelled outwardly at its cut-away edge and said friction piece being correspondingly bevelled and secured behind said bevelled edge of said lining to form a smooth heel lining free from bulges at the joint.

ln testimony whereof I aii'ix my signature.

NEWTON ELKIN. 

